Etna, new eruption and record height for the volcano

Another explosion from Etna. This morning the volcano made itself felt again with an eruption from the north-east crater that generated an ash cloud about six kilometers high above sea level. The Etna observatory of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology reported that the ash emission is continuing “with oscillating intensity, feeding an eruptive cloud directed towards south-east”. With about 50 paroxysmal episodes that have affected the south-east crater of the volcano since 16 February 2021, Etna has increased its height reaching 3,357 meters above sea level, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology announced. “The events that took place in 2021 – he writes in a note – have accumulated considerable quantities of pyroclastic material and layers of lava on the cone of the south-east crater, the youngest and most active of the four summit craters of Etna, leading to a conspicuous transformation of the shape of the volcano. The south-east crater is now far higher than the ‘big brother’, the north-east crater, for 40 years the undisputed peak of Etna “. This historical fact, which has a ‘uncertainty of 3 meters, was obtained through the processing of two triplets of images of the Pléiades satellite acquired on 13 and 25 July 2021, as part of the international partnership Geohazard Supersites and Natural Laboratories (http: // geo-gsnl. org /), allowing to update the digital model of the Etna surface.